The Effect
A packet of 9 jokers are all shown to be plain jokers, but they are turned over one by one, and the last has now become coloured-in - not only the face, but the back is multicoloured.
It gets better: a second is now in colour, and a third - and when they are all turned over one by one - all nine are now coloured-in jokers, with multi-coloured bike backs.
Cost
£10.99 - magicbox.uk.com
Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
2-3: Fairly straighforward, but requires a bit of practice. A 'new' count, called the Jinks count is taught.
Review
Hmm. Liked the look of this trick - glorious technicolour jokers sounded tempting. The accompanying booklet is nicely produced, although the positioning of the photos is sometimes a little confusing. This is one trick which would *definitely* benefit from colour photos!!
If you sit down with the cards and work through it you should be fairly proficient within a short space of time. The Jinks Count is repetitive, and so aids learning/practice.
The trick itself can be very impressive - but it relies on the smoothness/speed of the count for its impact. I know that is true of a lot of things - but you've got nine cards to flip one at a time here, so it makes for a Looooooong slooooow climax unless you're slick. (no rude jokes, please
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Only one card is examinable at the end... but as it's a quick, slick trick - just move on to the next one. If nothing else it makes an excellent cover for a deck switch..
Overall
Nice trick. Not much to it - but an excellent packet trick to cover a deck switch. Probably not enough impact or depth of effect (or indeed time!) to stand alone, but a nice beat /break between longer involved effects.
